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Old.reddit.com Down?

24 points by zelphirkalt 5y ago

zelphirkalt 5y ago
Seems like old.reddit.com is experiencing problems. Shows message: > Our CDN was unable to reach our servers > Please check www.redditstatus.com if you consistently get this error. However, according to the status page everything should be operational.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  > However, according to the status page everything should be operational. Seems like a recurring theme, and not even with Reddit in particular. Why is it so common that I as an end user will notice a problem before whatever system is in charge of the status page does?
  - lanna 5y ago
    > Why is it so common that I as an end user will notice a problem before whatever system is in charge of the status page does? Survival bias: only when you notice a problem before the system in charge of the status page does, is that you notice it. When you don't, you don't notice it.
  - NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
    This happens all the time with amazon too. So often someone created this: https://stop.lying.cloud/ https://stop.lying.cloud/
- chimpansteve 5y ago
  The status page is now showing some dramatic drops in everything but error rates, which are through the roof. It's not just old.reddit either, its the new abomination too
- thrdbndndn 5y ago
  At least "System Metrics" shows something abnormal. No idea what these bar charts are doing if they don't show such major outage.
gniv 5y ago
Thank you for posting this! I thought reddit was down and was trying to figure out what's happening. Turns out it's just old that's down?
- chimpansteve 5y ago
  Not for me. It's the new one too.
the_common_man 5y ago
oh dear, i think this is a ploy to make us all switch to the new site. end of reddit for me, if they kill old.reddit.com
- ashes-of-sol 5y ago
- shabier 5y ago
  The new site doesn't work either. I'm assuming that it's due to the traffic to r/places
  - i67vw3 5y ago
    What's with r/places? I went to the subreddit to see what it is as it was mentioned too many times. It just have some images with flags and whatnot. And there is no proper description for the whole subreddit.
    - shabier 5y ago
      > It just have some images with flags and whatnot. That's basically it, users can color a tile every 15 minutes or so. The reddit Twitter page posts some of the cool stuff if you're into that
    - troxwalt 5y ago
      It is quite an amazing idea. Every five minutes a user can place one single colors pixel in the canvas. Subreddits and other groups coordinate and make some interesting pixel art. Worth following imo.
      - NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
        It was almost immediately ruined by bots the first time. Is that still happening? I mostly use Apollo so I can't even see it.
chimpansteve 5y ago
::looks suspiciously at fastly again::
9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
https://twitter.com/redditstatus/status/1510414922605236230?s=20 https://twitter.com/redditstatus/status/1510414922605236230?... Reddit is experiencing an increased error rate, not yet reflected on the status page.
2Gkashmiri 5y ago
it must be all the user trying to use bots on r/place, just like i am attempting
schlipity 5y ago
When I'm logged in, neither old.reddit.com or reddit.com work. I do have the user option to use the old UI turned on in the user preferences, so reddit.com and old.reddit.com are the same to me. So I went to reddit.com in a private window (not logged in) and it came right up.
i67vw3 5y ago
Reddit proxy instances like teddit are also down, meaning not only old.reddit.com but the whole thing is experiencing problems.
NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
Looks like all of it is down: https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/reddit.com.html https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/reddit.com.html

24 points by zelphirkalt 5y ago

Seems like old.reddit.com is experiencing problems. Shows message: > Our CDN was unable to reach our servers > Please check www.redditstatus.com if you consistently get this error. However, according to the status page everything should be operational.

josephcsible 5y ago
> However, according to the status page everything should be operational. Seems like a recurring theme, and not even with Reddit in particular. Why is it so common that I as an end user will notice a problem before whatever system is in charge of the status page does?
- lanna 5y ago
  > Why is it so common that I as an end user will notice a problem before whatever system is in charge of the status page does? Survival bias: only when you notice a problem before the system in charge of the status page does, is that you notice it. When you don't, you don't notice it.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
  This happens all the time with amazon too. So often someone created this: https://stop.lying.cloud/ https://stop.lying.cloud/
chimpansteve 5y ago
The status page is now showing some dramatic drops in everything but error rates, which are through the roof. It's not just old.reddit either, its the new abomination too
thrdbndndn 5y ago
At least "System Metrics" shows something abnormal. No idea what these bar charts are doing if they don't show such major outage.

gniv 5y ago

Thank you for posting this! I thought reddit was down and was trying to figure out what's happening. Turns out it's just old that's down?

chimpansteve 5y ago
Not for me. It's the new one too.

the_common_man 5y ago

oh dear, i think this is a ploy to make us all switch to the new site. end of reddit for me, if they kill old.reddit.com

ashes-of-sol 5y ago
shabier 5y ago
The new site doesn't work either. I'm assuming that it's due to the traffic to r/places
- i67vw3 5y ago
  What's with r/places? I went to the subreddit to see what it is as it was mentioned too many times. It just have some images with flags and whatnot. And there is no proper description for the whole subreddit.
  - shabier 5y ago
    > It just have some images with flags and whatnot. That's basically it, users can color a tile every 15 minutes or so. The reddit Twitter page posts some of the cool stuff if you're into that
  - troxwalt 5y ago
    It is quite an amazing idea. Every five minutes a user can place one single colors pixel in the canvas. Subreddits and other groups coordinate and make some interesting pixel art. Worth following imo.
    - NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
      It was almost immediately ruined by bots the first time. Is that still happening? I mostly use Apollo so I can't even see it.

chimpansteve 5y ago

::looks suspiciously at fastly again::

9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago

https://twitter.com/redditstatus/status/1510414922605236230?s=20 https://twitter.com/redditstatus/status/1510414922605236230?... Reddit is experiencing an increased error rate, not yet reflected on the status page.

2Gkashmiri 5y ago

it must be all the user trying to use bots on r/place, just like i am attempting

schlipity 5y ago

When I'm logged in, neither old.reddit.com or reddit.com work. I do have the user option to use the old UI turned on in the user preferences, so reddit.com and old.reddit.com are the same to me. So I went to reddit.com in a private window (not logged in) and it came right up.

i67vw3 5y ago

Reddit proxy instances like teddit are also down, meaning not only old.reddit.com but the whole thing is experiencing problems.

NaturalPhallacy 5y ago

Looks like all of it is down: https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/reddit.com.html https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/reddit.com.html